Elk Garden, West Virginia Weather
Elk Garden, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elk Garden, Mineral County.
Full aviation weather for Elk Garden is published on the Garrett County Airport (K2G4) page, 27 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 2 airfields within reach of Elk Garden have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Elk Garden: Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 42 km
Conditions reported at K2G4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elk Garden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elk Garden.
About Elk Garden, West Virginia
Elk Garden breathes a quiet existence at the confluence of rolling hills and the sinuous pathways of ancient waterways. It lies 14.7 miles south-south-east of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 150°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-west of Westernport. The landscape here is a patient unfolding of verdant slopes, their contours softened by the passage of seasons, where the persistent whisper of wind through tall grasses is the dominant sound. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast skies, paints the terrain in hues of deep emerald and muted ochre, a palette that speaks of a land accustomed to the steady hand of nature. The air itself feels clean and cool, carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant promise of pine. This is a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, luminous quality, especially in the fading light of evening, casting long shadows that stretch and blur the edges of the world. The history of Elk Garden is deeply entwined with the land's bounty, a story told in the gradual clearing of forests and the establishment of hardy homesteads. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the soil and the seasons, with agriculture forming the bedrock of life, though traces of earlier industrial endeavors, perhaps tied to timber or nascent mining, might still be glimpsed in the weathered structures that punctuate the landscape. The very character of Elk Garden is one of resilient simplicity, a place where community ties are forged through shared experience and a quiet understanding of the rhythms of rural life. It’s a locality that invites contemplation, a gentle pause in the clamor of the wider world, where the present moment is often imbued with the echoes of what has been.
Live animated radar for Elk Garden and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Elk Garden, Mineral County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.383431°N, 79.154201°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26717 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elk Garden, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elk Garden, West Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Elk Garden includes coordinates 39.383431°N, 79.154201°W, situated in Mineral County. ZIP code 26717. Telephone area code: 304. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
